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The Seventh-day Adventist Church’s coordinated response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa includes eradication projects in the affected countries of Liberia and Sierra Leone, as well as support for several hospitals and more than two-dozen schools, most of which still remain closed.
Support has come from throughout the denomination’s international network, including its world headquarters, Health Ministries department, Loma Linda University, Adventist Health International, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency, Hope for Humanity, as well as schools, hospitals, churches and individual donors.
February 23, 2015 in From the World Church, RSS English by IADComm
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Seventh-day Adventist staffers distributed tens of thousands of copies of “Steps to Christ” and other Adventist books at the biggest book fair in the Arab world as they shared their love for Jesus and sought to dispel misinformation that the Adventist Church is not a Christian denomination.
Kleyton Feitosa, president of the Adventist Church’s Egypt-Sudan Field, said the Church made significant inroads by organizing the booth at the 16-day Cairo International Book Fair, which attracted 2 million visitors and is considered the most important annual event in the Arab publishing world.
February 19, 2015 in From the World Church, RSS English by IADComm
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Top Seventh-day Adventist technology experts are promoting the concept of game creation for education and evangelism outreach.
Their call came on the final day of the denomination’s Global Adventist Internet Network conference, which also featured presentations on how to operate an information technology department on a budget and an overview of the increasing popularity and uses of virtual currency, such as Bitcoin.
February 16, 2015 in From the World Church, RSS English by IADComm
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February 13, 2015 | Silver Spring, Maryland, United States | Ansel Oliver/ANN Leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s North American Division offered a preview of its upcoming Web portal for education and training resources, an initiative that is expected to bolster distance learning for ministers, lay leaders and students. The initiative, named Adventist Learning Community, […]
February 16, 2015 in From the World Church, RSS English by IADComm
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Day two of the Global Adventist Internet Network conference featured the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s top IT professionals dispensing advice and tips on cyber security, app development and the use of geographic software for more effective regional mission.
GAiN this year is being held online and is drawing participants from nearly 70 countries.
February 16, 2015 in From the World Church, RSS English by IADComm
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Seventh-day Adventist Church Chief Information Officer Nancy Lamoreaux opened the denomination’s annual technology conference today by asking how the Church and its members plan to continue embracing technology to spread the gospel.
Her question is one that will be answered over the next few days by experts on implementing emerging technologies for mission and delivery of education.
February 11, 2015 in From the World Church, RSS English by IADComm
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wanda’s prime minister today commended the Seventh-day Adventist Church for its commitment to education during a ceremony to dedicate a new science and technology center at the denomination’s university in the central African nation.
Anastase Murekezi pledged continued government support of the institution to officials and supporters of Adventist University of Central Africa in Kigali.
February 11, 2015 in From the World Church, RSS English by IADComm
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Seventh-day Adventist Church President Ted N. C. Wilson has encouraged Adventists to be ambassadors of reconciliation and peace in South Sudan, where a yearlong conflict has caused 2 million people to flee their homes and prompted the establishment of a major ADRA program.
Wilson spoke during a two-day visit to the world’s youngest country, which gained independence from Sudan in 2011. He is on a seven-country tour that started in India and Tanzania and will move to Rwanda on Tuesday.
February 11, 2015 in From the World Church, RSS English by IADComm
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Thousands of people have joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church across East Africa, including 2,309 in a mass baptism in the Indian Ocean following three weeks of evangelistic meetings.
The baptisms, held on Saturday, February 7, capped the evangelistic meetings at scores of sites, including about 100 in Tanzania’s capital, Dar es Salaam.
February 11, 2015 in From the World Church, RSS English by IADComm
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A Seventh-day Adventist university in Thailand recently hosted a group of volunteer ophthalmologists who offered free eye care for more than 250 nearby elderly residents in need.
The Church’s Asia-Pacific International University in the Saraburi province hosted the Mobile Eye Surgery Eye Clinic, sponsored by the province’s Red Cross Society February 2 to 6.
February 10, 2015 in From the World Church, RSS English by IADComm
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